Month: January 2009

Taking a leaf out of Telecom success story, Indian retailers are moving on similar lines as they shift their focus on retailing in 2009 from Metros and Cosmopolitan cities to Tier-II and Tier-III cities. However, when it comes to Luxury Brands, retailers will stick to Metro cities only. Even the upper end lifestyle retailers have no plans to go beyond Metros currently.

We have already covered in the past on how unrealistic realty prices led to stagnation of Retailers plans. Re-negotiated (more…)

Catalog Shopping / Retailing is the concept of buying from your home browsing through the retailers catalog [hard copy and sometimes online]. The origin of catalog shopping dates back to early 1900 in the western world known under the name mail order shopping. Our focus today is on catalog retailing in India.

I am sure atleast some of you must have heard about the existence of Otto Burlington a decade ago in the Indian market. However, it failed primarily for 3 reasons – in-effective telecommunication interaction, absence of easy mode of payments and a structured (more…)

We have reliably learnt that retail chain, Spencers Retail, is planning to roll out a hypermarket in Nashik by the end of next financial year. For this purpose, (more…)

You have already read that many chains are closing non-viable stores and trying to trim costs wherever possible. It is not yet clear if the slowdown has hit across the board as some retailers continue to push merchandise aggressively.

Indian Retailers have set a target of $50 bn by 2011 which seems possible. However, consumer buying behavior is likely to change very soon as he increasingly looks for higher value for money (more…)

The Great Indian Shopping Festival launched by Future Group across its retail Formats 6 Large and 12 Other Formats has crossed the sales target of Rs 700 crore set forth by the management. The three (more…)

Russel Square International – RSI College is offering various courses for skill enhancement to Retail prospective Employees.
RSI is offering the following courses,

• ReStore Retail Learning Initiative (RLI)
• ReStore Executive Programme
• ReStore Premier Weekend Programmes
• ReStore Professional Programme
• ReStore (more…)

Wishing you all a Cheerful 2009, we have an announcement for you. Inspired by Thousands of Brands and Private Labels, we decided to have our (more…)